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Show UTAH COUNTY MINING IS BIG INDUSTRY Most people, when thinking of Utah mining, think only of the coal mines in Carbon county, the great - copper mines at Bingham, or the lead-silver properties at Park City, but the U. S. Bureau of Mines has published figures for 19 3 9 that show Utah' county as an important producer of metals. Twenty mines in iUtah county are listed by the bureau, thirteen in the Tintic district and seven in American Fork canyon. Production in 1939 was as follows: fol-lows: Copper, 1,737,856 pounds, valued at $180,737.00; lead, 11,-789,405 11,-789,405 pounds, valued at $554,-542.00; $554,-542.00; zinc, 1,306,000 pounds, valued at $67,912.00; gold, 19,-534 19,-534 fine ounces, worth $638,-690.00; $638,-690.00; silver, 2,209,876 fine ounces worth $1,500,037.00. One mine alone, - the Tintic Standard, employs a mine force with a daily average of 498 men. Up to 1939, this mine had paid $6,609,763.49 in taxes and $17,-952,501.29 $17,-952,501.29 in dividends. Practically Prac-tically all the men employed live in Utah county. |